Buying a Business

Through years of experience in business acquisitions, Access Legal is on hand to guide you through a successful purchase. Our unique combination of Legal, Accounting, Finance and Technology knowledge enables us to assist you in fully understanding the business that you are looking to acquire, including the risks involved and the long-term viability. Our lawyers are skilled at providing a thorough due diligence of all intellectual property, trade practices, industrial relations and property issues that may relate to any proposed acquisition.

1. Legal Health Checks - to understand the business you are looking to buy. Identify any areas of exposure, and areas of potential hidden value that can be exploited
2. Accounting, Finance and Technology health checks
3. Valuation - to assist you in valuing the business you are looking to buy, which will also assist in funding the business purchase
4. Building and advising on the best business structure for the purchase.
5. Assisting in the commercial deal - providing well prepared supporting documentation that achieves a successful commercial outcome.
6. Timetabling strategies for protecting the business, and commercilising, as it grows, and building in exit strategies for the future.